week 0, monday

[reapertoire]

#REAPER MEET UP

At 7am on Monday, all of you have been abruptly woken up by being transported to a dark alley. Wait. Are there even dark alleys here? Where are you. What is with the music? Before you can question it too much, out of the darkness steps... The Host. All four feet and pissed off attitude of him. He's got his hands in his hoodie pocket as he nonchalantly addresses you: "Reapers. Like you know, you've been volunteered by your respective Composers to participate in this Game. Say hi. We'll be in contact at this time every week to give you your orders. Special orders have already been given for the week, so... fucking chill, I guess." game info ☠ setting ☠ statuses ☠ ic profiles private conversations ☠ murder proposals ☠ money full nav

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[fashionable]

No no, I don't give two shits about why you're here or who you really are! I'm bored looking at you already — codename. We gotta think of one for you.

[venomosity]

[...ok, she can laugh at that.]

What did I miss by being a few minutes late? What use would codenames be to us?

[fashionable]

Loose lips sink ships, y'know? The better codenames we have, the easier it'll be to act in plain sight! Trust meeeee, I'm all about covering tracks!

[venomosity]

I am, too.

[she... only got caught for two murders? out of like seven attempts?? that counts!!]

But fine. The blue-haired girl suggested we come up with them for each other, didn't she? [... is she really gonna leave this to junko...] I should be asking—what will you call me?

[fashionable]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...... my vote is for The Late Snake. Unless you have some weird motif with reptiles!

[venomosity]

Hmph. How rude.

...I do like the sound of Viper, though.

[fashionable]

Mmmmmmm. What if we all go snake route?

Viper. Not bad.

[ She smirks a bit. ]

King Cobra, Boa, Anaconda, Rattlesnake, Black Mamba, Python... upupupu, so many options for the rest of us.

[venomosity]

[she laughs]

A little cliched, but it'll work. If we do our jobs the right way, they'll never see us coming until it's too late.

[deductionary]

I'll take Python if no one's taken it yet.

[venomosity]

You know pythons are nonvenomous, right? Of course, that doesn't mean they're not deadly...

[deductionary]

I like being underestimated~

[venomosity]

I think we all should. It helps with the job.

[deductionary]

I mean. [ grins. ] Let's see how long I can keep them thinking that I'm a detective, ne?

[venomosity]

[that gets a laugh from her]

You've already gone to the other side of the spectrum?

[deductionary]

[ shrugs ] It's not technically a lie, Pink-san. It's my day job.

[venomosity]

How ironic. This game's Composer must have a twisted sense of humor.

[purrtagonist]

[SNAKES. . .]

We're really leaning into the metaphor, aren't we?

[venomosity]

[shrugs]

She started it by calling me a snake. You made the comparison too, didn't you?

[purrtagonist]

I did.

If two of us made the comparison, then that must mean the association is that obvious.

1/2

[venomosity]

Oh, but no one who isn't in this alley will be any the wiser. After all—

[venomosity]

Who would suspect... a frail girl like me...

[purrtagonist]

[. . .]

How long do you think you can keep up the mask?

[venomosity]

I've done it my whole life and afterlife, Mr. Kurusu. Surely I can last another few weeks.

[purrtagonist]

[mmmmmmmmm]

I wonder. . .

[idly, quietly, to himself, but loud enough for her to overhear]

. . . what made you this way?

[alchemicalwater]

[Those are all very deadly snakes. She does not want to be a deadly snake.]

Ah...I suppose I could be Boa, then.

[She's heard of them being pets so maybe they're not all dangerous?]